Alben HALEN (b. 1896)
Residence: Big Bear Ridge; Deary
Occupation(s): Farmer; logger
Family Origin: Parents were Swedish homesteaders (c.1890)
Interviews
Alben Halen Interview #1, 2/9/1976
- Topics:
- Farming with horses. Hard times for farmers. Logging for Potlatch, Farmer opposition to IWW. 2-9-76 1.5 hr
- Duration:
- 0:47:23
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- IWW bankruptcy bankruptcy childhood families farming homesteads horses livestock logging logging camps lumberjacks strikes timber timber working conditions world wars
- Locations:
- Deary Potlatch Big Bear Ridge
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Alben Halen Interview #2, 2/20/1976
- Topics:
- Working out as a boy. Fires and early growth of Deary. Joe Wells' logging operation. Piling lumber. Grave digging. 2-20-76 1.5 hr
- Duration:
- 1:03:05
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African Americans accidents blacksmiths cemeteries childhood doctors farmers forest fires gyppos horses logging lore lumberjacks orchards post offices saloons sawmills smoking stores threshing water winter women
- Locations:
- Deary Big Bear Ridge Nora Creek Dry Creek Bovill
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Alben HALEN (b. 1896)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/halen_alben.html
Rights
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- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.